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Hilton Residence
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Nestled amid the sand dunes on the Gulf of Mexico between Destin and Panama City Beach, Florida, sets the private home of Charles and Lela Hilton. Primary rooms are suspended on concrete pods at various levels within a greenhouse structure of blue-green tinted reflective glazing. One interior stairway encircles a glass-enclosed elevator, while another winds around fully grown native palms. A large wing-like white roof, suggestive of the adjacent sand dunes, shield the open floor plan from excessive sun exposure while rising to unobstructed views of the oceanfront during daytime and allowing stargazing at night.
Interior spaces flow freely without walls or partitions, while scale and volume are tempered through the placement of palms and other tropical flora. Level changes rhythmically establish area separations and maximize direct ocean views. The varying colors and textures of terraces, walls, planters, and pools avoid sharp definitions of boundary, integrating the interior and exterior of the home into a sense of contained movement. The gestures of the form join harmoniously with the surrounding swell of seabirds, ocean waves, and sand dunes that embrace this exceptional building site. Everything set forward for the program by the clients indicated a desire for fluidity. All the exterior benefits of the site, such as sea breezes and ocean sunsets, are integrated into the residence to establish a refuge from the hectic pace of a busy business life and create a soothing place to relax, read, and write.
The wide expanses of glass place the occupants in an environment of naturally shifting variations of illumination and express openly a pleasing freedom and independence of purpose that is at the heart of the life taking place in along the Gulf.
Interior spaces flow freely without walls or partitions, while scale and volume are tempered through the placement of palms and other tropical flora. Level changes rhythmically establish area separations and maximize direct ocean views. The varying colors and textures of terraces, walls, planters, and pools avoid sharp definitions of boundary, integrating the interior and exterior of the home into a sense of contained movement. The gestures of the form join harmoniously with the surrounding swell of seabirds, ocean waves, and sand dunes that embrace this exceptional building site. Everything set forward for the program by the clients indicated a desire for fluidity. All the exterior benefits of the site, such as sea breezes and ocean sunsets, are integrated into the residence to establish a refuge from the hectic pace of a busy business life and create a soothing place to relax, read, and write.
The wide expanses of glass place the occupants in an environment of naturally shifting variations of illumination and express openly a pleasing freedom and independence of purpose that is at the heart of the life taking place in along the Gulf.
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